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by op03 2167 days ago
Deep Blue brute forced that search space. With 1997 hardware. They didn't have to look at 10^120 to beat Kasprov.

"The system could search to a depth of between six and eight pairs of moves—one white, one black—to a maximum of 20 or even more pairs in some situations" - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/20-years-after-de...